So sarcastic comments aside, is this "achievement" pathetic or impressive?

We took a look at the numbers to find out. First, there are 32 teams in the NFL — all with an active roster list of 53 players. So that means there were about 1,700 NFL players that stayed out of jail last month.

To put this in perspective, the FBI says law enforcement agencies made 11,205,833 arrests in the U.S. last year. By those numbers, an average of one in 28 Americans were arrested — or 3.5 percent. That doesn't account for people arrested multiple times, but the FBI still put the arrest rate in that ballpark.

Studies on arrest rates are often debated. But most experts agree, up to half of all American men will be arrested in their lifetime.

So maybe the NFL should pat themselves on the back for a well-behaved September after all. We won't hold our breath, though.